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can give you a chart of the arson in the city. i can give you a chart of the blight in the city. but i can't tell you what it is like to be a person living next door to a home that then has burned down and -- so -- >> or an empty block. >> yeah. tell me, talk to me about what that kind of real life experience feels like on the ground. >> i still have many relatives that live in the city of detroit and i look at how -- i know i work at espn but i'm not like that. i look at what's happened to their neighborhoods. it used to be a source of pride where you could shop in your own neighborhoods and feel comfortable and safe, and that has all been eliminated because the population has shrunk, people have moved out, and because of the economic forces, you wrote about a couple of these cases in the book and unfortunately, everybody who is from detroit knows someone who does this, but if you get underwater in your house, the first solution is burn it down, get the insurance money. so you have a lot of people, it's a huge problem. you have p
can give you a chart of the arson in the city. i can give you a chart of the blight in the city. but i can't tell you what it is like to be a person living next door to a home that then has burned down and -- so -- >> or an empty block. >> yeah. tell me, talk to me about what that kind of real life experience feels like on the ground. >> i still have many relatives that live in the city of detroit and i look at how -- i know i work at espn but i'm not like that. i look at...
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these are the stories that shake the city of chicago. and the idea that people would have trust in a chicago tribune owned by the coke brothers. >> so i want to bring you in on this point. the easy conspiracy theory is the coke brothers own it. let me be clear. i'm not reporting i own it. the conspiracy is i okay, they own it. they not only control content but reporting the decisions. what would it make if they own the properties? >> you look at their business interests. they have an oil conglomerate that makes 160 billion in revenues. i think it's more subtle. every newspaper subtly reflects the agenda of their owner. these may more so considering what they said about wanting toe change the conversation. namely a political candidate who wouldn't want the endorsement in key battleground states. there's a headline from the los angeles times about the coke brothers saying he's now with the heart of gop power would they be able to print things like this if they believe that? if the coke brothers were at the heart of the l.a. times? >> that'
these are the stories that shake the city of chicago. and the idea that people would have trust in a chicago tribune owned by the coke brothers. >> so i want to bring you in on this point. the easy conspiracy theory is the coke brothers own it. let me be clear. i'm not reporting i own it. the conspiracy is i okay, they own it. they not only control content but reporting the decisions. what would it make if they own the properties? >> you look at their business interests. they have...
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you can have a city with robust gun control, but when you step outside the confines of that city, there are private dealers who don't have to succumb to those deals. >> it's a cocktail. we've seen a number of shootings in the past couple months, but they have different components. there's the mental illness. there's pathologies of poverty. there's gun laws. so, you know, and it's difficult. we want to say what is at the root cause of this? but it's much more complicated. >> i want to drill -- right, but i want to drill down to the history here, though, because you've brought up the history here. 2005, kath hit end of august of 2005, but it had been an extraordinary summer. that summer, 2005, the senate actually apologized for never having passed anti-lynching legislation. in that same summer, the state of illinois exhumed the body of emmett till in order to close that case. and mississippi actually reopened the case of the murder of the three civil rights workers. and it felt like -- i mean, in august of 2005 i was feeling a little like, all right, we might be on the citizenship track h
you can have a city with robust gun control, but when you step outside the confines of that city, there are private dealers who don't have to succumb to those deals. >> it's a cocktail. we've seen a number of shootings in the past couple months, but they have different components. there's the mental illness. there's pathologies of poverty. there's gun laws. so, you know, and it's difficult. we want to say what is at the root cause of this? but it's much more complicated. >> i want...
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about the break, mayor, the challenges that cities face. >> i think one it's time and cheap, the 75% of -- so a lot of these issues, we've got a great parker in shawn donovan. he's very open to create activity. we won a bloomberg we housed 114 veterans since he issued that challenge, because there are wrap-around services. >> a lot of this is personal in and initiative, making it a priority and galvan nicing the support you need. we also sent 190 people out into the cold in january who personally interviewed 650 people. not just a drive-by, but to find out what happened in your life, where do you sleep at night, what would change your life so that we could built a program that deals with what -- but i don't buy this notion i do agree with your have i that we have full funding for the programs we have. there are a lot of mayors that are doing amazing things. >> i think in his community is the cost of inaction. that imposes no cost, but actually impose it is quite a large cost. of course for people they're living outdoors and highly vulnerable, but also imposes police cost -- when they
about the break, mayor, the challenges that cities face. >> i think one it's time and cheap, the 75% of -- so a lot of these issues, we've got a great parker in shawn donovan. he's very open to create activity. we won a bloomberg we housed 114 veterans since he issued that challenge, because there are wrap-around services. >> a lot of this is personal in and initiative, making it a priority and galvan nicing the support you need. we also sent 190 people out into the cold in january...
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fast food workers in five cities tajed high-profile strikes walking off the job to demand a $15 per hour minimum wage. dorian warren wrote for mcclach i newspapers, how ironic while the film is recreating a past era of excess and greed, employees in the fast food and retail industries across the country are engaging in unprecedented strikes over today's flow of wealth from working people to the rich. joining me now to further dig into that is dorian warren associate professor of professor -- at columbia university and fellow at the roosevelt institute. scott ross of wisconsin now and kassim silver a burger king employee who took part in the strikes in new york city. kassim, i'll start with you. you've got kids? >> yes. >> you work full-time. how do you support a family on this? >> it's a super challenge. sincerely speaking, it's really impossible by yourself. three daughters, a wife. once i get past my metro card for the week, that's a necessity to commute. after that, i'm pretty much broke. bills, pampers. as far as enjoying the things like eating lunch maybe somewhere else every day, t
fast food workers in five cities tajed high-profile strikes walking off the job to demand a $15 per hour minimum wage. dorian warren wrote for mcclach i newspapers, how ironic while the film is recreating a past era of excess and greed, employees in the fast food and retail industries across the country are engaging in unprecedented strikes over today's flow of wealth from working people to the rich. joining me now to further dig into that is dorian warren associate professor of professor -- at...
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you're engaged with young people on the ground there in the city of chicago on the question of vulnerability. we can look at it two different ways. we are going to be very naive if we think young people don't don't have questions. so we have to create these spaces for young people. but helping them to thrive this every aspect of their life. and those assets, communications, great schools. all things help to defer the risk behavior. >> so we have in part the plan "b" image up. the other piece that was going around behind this was the idea that we need to protect the girls. not only from exploitation but of their own decision making. and buying plan "b." st there a good reason to limit the access of plan "b" to young teens? >> no, these are policies that harm the most young people. there accessing medical care is really, really difficult for young people. so the goal is to lower as many barriers for young people. it's really hard for young person. and for the middle of the night, that's not when you want the unnecessary barriers in place? >> what are the key barriers the young women are facing
you're engaged with young people on the ground there in the city of chicago on the question of vulnerability. we can look at it two different ways. we are going to be very naive if we think young people don't don't have questions. so we have to create these spaces for young people. but helping them to thrive this every aspect of their life. and those assets, communications, great schools. all things help to defer the risk behavior. >> so we have in part the plan "b" image up....
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lawsuit against the city. documentary film maker and he said he was stopped and frisked by the nypd five times. what is at the heart of this case? >> this case to end the massive invasion of rights. the stop and frisk policy has been going on for a long time. we're trying to get people to stop them for a particular reason and not on the basis of race and not in such massive numbers. >> so there is the sergeant saying, hey, the people who krit crimes are young black men. i'm trying to stop skrim. it's reasonable. >> there's nothing reasonable. there's nothing legal about it. unless you assume that every african-american person is suspect. >> just the guys. >> yeah, and the police are not stopping anybody -- they're not stopping based on suspicion. the police department constitutionally has to have some reason to be able to do this. and stopping folks because they're black and brown does not pass constitutional muster at all. talk to me about what that be constantly frisked is disheartening. these people are liv
lawsuit against the city. documentary film maker and he said he was stopped and frisked by the nypd five times. what is at the heart of this case? >> this case to end the massive invasion of rights. the stop and frisk policy has been going on for a long time. we're trying to get people to stop them for a particular reason and not on the basis of race and not in such massive numbers. >> so there is the sergeant saying, hey, the people who krit crimes are young black men. i'm trying...
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from the central city. for example, new orleans east just don't have grocery stores. wendell pierce, currently trying to open stores. but the other model is delivery of those food to the underserved communities. but then you have the problem, the environmental problem of truck traffic and smog. how do we balance that? >> there's a big difference between say, community gardens and all the way up to what are we going to go with gmos. in between, there's a range of things helping us with food security. e-commerce is a fantastic way of doing it. especially companies that are supporting local farmers, like the big farmers that have happened upstate from here as well. also, how do you create opportunities for new food-based entrepreneurs who can sell their food through the distribution system that is fresh direct. all of these things can really help support the idea of what's happening in our poor communities. we all know it's not that easy to find good food in the communities. the fact that this company, fresh d
from the central city. for example, new orleans east just don't have grocery stores. wendell pierce, currently trying to open stores. but the other model is delivery of those food to the underserved communities. but then you have the problem, the environmental problem of truck traffic and smog. how do we balance that? >> there's a big difference between say, community gardens and all the way up to what are we going to go with gmos. in between, there's a range of things helping us with...
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as you know, catholicism goes beyond those who hold the reins in vatican city, and the global body of 2.2 billion believers. as one of the most influential irns tugss, the catholic church encompasses those around the world who don't identify with the catholic faith, but benefit from the work of the church and the organizations it has created. the church has been an advocate for the human rights and the dignity of the most marginalized people, and providing care for the sick, and the homes for the homeless, and food for the hungry. you are the largest provider of health care and education. and for students of color catholic schools are the only affordable alternative for quality education. but cardinals, even as the church has been a channel for good, it has been a conduit for injustice around the world. the doctrine intransigence of the pope being infallible has come at the expense of policies that recognize and address realities in the modern world. women in underdeveloped nations and war torn countries need to have access to contraception, and prevent deaths in childbirth, and yet w
as you know, catholicism goes beyond those who hold the reins in vatican city, and the global body of 2.2 billion believers. as one of the most influential irns tugss, the catholic church encompasses those around the world who don't identify with the catholic faith, but benefit from the work of the church and the organizations it has created. the church has been an advocate for the human rights and the dignity of the most marginalized people, and providing care for the sick, and the homes for...
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should they be covering the question of the city, like the district as a city better? perhaps they really should. but that's not entirely what their decline is about. they are in this interesting fight, both as a local publication and as a national one, with things like politico, things like buzz feed, that are eating their lunch around the edge, and they haven't been able to solve it. a guy like jeff bezos might. >> that is the town hall issue that took the new orleans time picayune off my front step. on the one hand, i can't do a golden age of the times picayune, a paper that always had a variety of issues around ideology and diversity, but on the other hand, in a city that so desperately needs coverage of our elected officials, that so desperately needs coverage of our murder rate and that sort of thing, when that goes away, and instead, so you now have to seek it out. >> i think it's time to recruit a billionaire to buy "the times-picayune." i was like, seven days a week, let's get "the times-picayune" up to seven days a week. >> jeff, i'm telling you, you canic up
should they be covering the question of the city, like the district as a city better? perhaps they really should. but that's not entirely what their decline is about. they are in this interesting fight, both as a local publication and as a national one, with things like politico, things like buzz feed, that are eating their lunch around the edge, and they haven't been able to solve it. a guy like jeff bezos might. >> that is the town hall issue that took the new orleans time picayune off...
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there are 48,000 suits out against bank of america, citi, and all the other major banks. the bottom line, for the banks, this is like a cost of doing business. they don't care. in the end, the fine will come down, $500 million, $1 billion? they don't really care. because in the end, a balance sheet that has $750 billion of nonperforming loans, getting that to wipe itself clean over the course, underwater mortgages is a heck of a lot more important than the $500 million or $750 million they might get fined. >> you guys have to come back. because you have now told me we have a disease, the enforcement aanato anemia disease as a country. there is so much more on all of this. thank you to stella, to chris, to lynnette and dan. >>> up next, as the supreme court prepares to rule on marriage equality, a stunning change of heart. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover, and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitment
there are 48,000 suits out against bank of america, citi, and all the other major banks. the bottom line, for the banks, this is like a cost of doing business. they don't care. in the end, the fine will come down, $500 million, $1 billion? they don't really care. because in the end, a balance sheet that has $750 billion of nonperforming loans, getting that to wipe itself clean over the course, underwater mortgages is a heck of a lot more important than the $500 million or $750 million they...
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, one of the best in the city of chicago named after whitney young and the first lady went to and graduated from whitney young high school, and what do you believe he would say about violence in schools? >> that the job is not done enough to have people have a stake in their communities enou enough, and also to try to build bridges between never the community, and between the people who are disempowered with the jobs they need to become stakeholders, but he would also say to the people who are in the chambers of commerce that you have a vested interest in protect ing t protecting the city, too. so i think that this is the kind of bridge building that he did. it was not about black or white, but that we all have a stake in this together. so he would be trying to find the points of consensus where things could get done and better housing jobs and so forth could empower young people to not become violent. >> given how inclusive he was, he was a scout. there is a boy scout award named for whitney young. what do you think that he would say about the inclusion of gay men and boys openly in the bo
, one of the best in the city of chicago named after whitney young and the first lady went to and graduated from whitney young high school, and what do you believe he would say about violence in schools? >> that the job is not done enough to have people have a stake in their communities enou enough, and also to try to build bridges between never the community, and between the people who are disempowered with the jobs they need to become stakeholders, but he would also say to the people...
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world to plant on their land and replant. >> also, in new orleans, which is a food city, we're a city more than anything we eat and believe in what our food. people are hungry not because the wheat didn't grow high enough. they can't -- the foods do not exist in their neighborhoods. they cannot buy them in local grocery stores because they don't have a local grocery store. if they did, the prices would be very high. >> they will never address food distribution. >> you better solve the social issues. it's one tool in the toolbox. we'd be a fool not to use that tool. >> what i would add to this, in the world, we already have enough food to feed everyone. that has actually been the case during the entire industrial agricultural period. if we are arguing in order to solve the problem you've raised, we need to produce more, we're there already. either extraordinarily ineffective in terms of doing this or our theory is wrong. 40 years of evidence that says our theory is wrong. we need to deal with the purchasing power of the poor and what comes along with all these technologies is a system
world to plant on their land and replant. >> also, in new orleans, which is a food city, we're a city more than anything we eat and believe in what our food. people are hungry not because the wheat didn't grow high enough. they can't -- the foods do not exist in their neighborhoods. they cannot buy them in local grocery stores because they don't have a local grocery store. if they did, the prices would be very high. >> they will never address food distribution. >> you better...
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crime and violence, because of the city that you're in, and obviously it's a problem in cities across the country, what do you want them to take away from this so they can then use in their lives in trying to make their communities a better place? >> right, i want them to take away that their voice, they have a voice. and by using their voice, they can make a difference and make change. that it takes one person to stand up, to be a leader and say, i'm going to make a change. and for them to have already started doing that and now for them to have their peers following them now is something that gives them greater relevance or a greater, you know, a greater knowledge of what they need to do, how to use their voices effectively and efficiently, in order to bring about change. >> and you're 11 years old, you're here at this event. i'm sure you know the history of it. you've seen the video clips. what does it mean to you to be here for this today? >> it actually means a lot to me, because it's kind of my -- it's actually my history, and i am -- it's my history and i like to learn history
crime and violence, because of the city that you're in, and obviously it's a problem in cities across the country, what do you want them to take away from this so they can then use in their lives in trying to make their communities a better place? >> right, i want them to take away that their voice, they have a voice. and by using their voice, they can make a difference and make change. that it takes one person to stand up, to be a leader and say, i'm going to make a change. and for them...
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he can go to any school in the city. of course he's going to lincoln park and rogers park where the awesome schools are. all of those students have high test scores. i wanted him to stay in his community because work r for cps, when you pull all of the hyperforming students out of the neighborhood schools, it makes the school perform lowly. >>> that point is so brilliant. it's such a tough choice for parents, daniel. i got to say, to hear this mom say i need a great school but i also need a great school in my community. for those who don't know chicago, when you say rogers park and lincoln park, you're talking about predominantly white communities in that city. is this about race. are these closings and cuts about race? >> about race and class size. they love to talk about american public education. what we have had and have had for a long time is a two-tiered segregated separate and unequal education system. some pour well to do white suburban parents and those who send their kids to private school and one for dispropor
he can go to any school in the city. of course he's going to lincoln park and rogers park where the awesome schools are. all of those students have high test scores. i wanted him to stay in his community because work r for cps, when you pull all of the hyperforming students out of the neighborhood schools, it makes the school perform lowly. >>> that point is so brilliant. it's such a tough choice for parents, daniel. i got to say, to hear this mom say i need a great school but i also...
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$50 million loan taken out by the city's mayor. now, the district can rehire 400 teachers, guidance counselors and other staff members, music, education, and sports will be restored. and fewer students will be packed into classrooms with tiers from different grades. the state of philly's public schools will become slightly less dire, but it could have happened months ago. but for what? you said you wouldn't release the funds until the teachers' union agreed to $103 million in concessions. and they still have it. so you hurt some of the most vulnerable in your state and got nothing out of it. does that sound familiar? are you following the congressional republican model of governance? you saw how that turned out. right? i mean, you should know from experience because your approval rate rgs worse than the republican party, worse than any other pennsylvania governor in modern history. your office made sure to let philadelphia parents know that your decision to release the $45 million was based on, quote, improvements in the district,
$50 million loan taken out by the city's mayor. now, the district can rehire 400 teachers, guidance counselors and other staff members, music, education, and sports will be restored. and fewer students will be packed into classrooms with tiers from different grades. the state of philly's public schools will become slightly less dire, but it could have happened months ago. but for what? you said you wouldn't release the funds until the teachers' union agreed to $103 million in concessions. and...
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the shooting death of their daughter precipitated his visit to the city. he offered understanding of cities like chicago. president obama recognized this particular kind of gun violence is about more than just weapons used to commit the crimes. it's also about poverty, a lack of access to economic opportunity for all families. the president proposed a policy solution that goes beyond regulating guns to embrace a role for the government in helping lift struggling families out of poverty. we are singing the same tune until the record scratched when he said this. >> we should do more to promote marriage. and encourage fatherhood. we have single mothers that are heroic with what they are doing. we are so proud of them. at the same time, i wish i had a father who was around and involved. somehow, in the middle of a speech on gun violence and poverty, we were smack in the middle of the president's daddy issues. what i heard president obama's father detour, i thought those of you on twitter know what i thought. this is what i tweeted. sigh, the fatherhood thing i
the shooting death of their daughter precipitated his visit to the city. he offered understanding of cities like chicago. president obama recognized this particular kind of gun violence is about more than just weapons used to commit the crimes. it's also about poverty, a lack of access to economic opportunity for all families. the president proposed a policy solution that goes beyond regulating guns to embrace a role for the government in helping lift struggling families out of poverty. we are...